Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Peter Jurkin pose for their freshman photo. The two were deemed ineligible by the NCAA for nine games for receiving improper benefits.

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Terry Hutchens

Indiana athletic director Fred Glass voiced his disappointment with the NCAA's decision to uphold the nine-game suspensions of freshmen basketball players Peter Jurkin and Hanner Mosquera-Perea on Friday for receiving improper benefits. The players will not be in uniform for Indiana until Dec. 15 against Butler in Indianapolis.

The benefits were improper because the NCAA determined that the players' travel team coach, Mark Adams, qualified as an IU booster for donating a total of $185 to the program from 1986-92. In its release, the organization said those donations triggered his ...